Cal Poly Safer and ASI are holding events for their It’s On Us campaign — the first part of a month-long promotion of Sexual Assault Action Month. It’s On Us, a campaign held on college campuses across the nation, aims to teach students about sexual assault and how they can prevent it. It’s On Us […]
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Prospective students are attending PolyCultural Weekend this weekend. Here’s how it works
Friday through Sunday, hundreds of prospective students will come to Cal Poly’s campus for PolyCultural Weekend (PCW). PolyCultural Weekend is a personalized experience that serves to show prospective students in underrepresented minority groups the cultural community at Cal Poly through various cultural, academic and social events. Current Cal Poly students involved in cultural clubs and […]
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Cal Poly Awards Grants for Student Research Projects
Cal Poly awarded grants to support 33 student-led research projects through the university’s Baker and Koob endowments, according to a March 29 press release. The endowments, which support hands-on learning opportunities for students, will fund $108,000 for a variety of projects that are focused on issues ranging from a broad spectrum of topics, including space […]
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Cal Poly logging teams places first at Timbersports competition
The Cal Poly logging team took first place at their first competition since 2020, according to a university press release. The competition took place at the Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference and Exhibition in Anderson, California. Forest and fire sciences sophomore Kelly Schwenger earned the title of top women’s competitor. “It was really awesome to do and […]
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Chloe Wardrick first student to win MLK Legacy Award
Cal Poly Black Student Union (BSU) President and architecture senior Chloe Wardrick is the first student to win the MLK Legacy Award, which recognizes people who exemplify courage and selflessness in areas of social justice. “In the past, it has just been faculty or staff members that have been awarded, but this year I was […]
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Cal Poly students plan on celebrating ‘St. Fratty’s’ weekend amid lifted COVID-19 restrictions
Students make plans for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend in San Luis Obispo as COVID-19 restrictions are rolled back, but safety enhancement zones and health concerns remain. As Cal Poly rolls back COVID-19 related regulations on campus with plans to drop the mask mandate in classrooms and labs starting in spring quarter, students wonder whether […]
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Student soloists to be featured at Cal Poly Symphony’s Winter Concert tonight
The Cal Poly Symphony’s Winter Concert features four works by Spanish composers performed by four student soloists. The concert will take place on Friday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Miossi Hall in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center. “I love when students can give the energy of a solo performance, but also be […]
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Students protest College Based Fees and block traffic near yakʔitʸutʸu residence halls
Several students blocked traffic at the intersection near yakʔitʸutʸu residence halls on Thursday afternoon during a protest against Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong’s approval of the College Based Fee proposal. Members of Students for Quality Education and Abolitionist Action Central Coast/San Luis Obispo organized the demonstration, which was part of a weeklong call to action […]
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Sociology students use Easter eggs on Dexter Lawn to protest Cal Poly COVID-19 policies
Groups of students walked across Dexter Lawn between classes and asked one another which color they should grab. After choosing, students popped open colorful plastic eggs to reveal a Hershey’s Kiss chocolate and a QR code. The 200 eggs to choose from and a sign that called for students to “grab an egg” were a […]
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“My family is in the middle of it”: Students express fear, hope at Russian Student Association discussion on Russia-Ukraine War
One week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cal Poly’s Russian Student Association gave students the opportunity on Thursday to share their reactions to the war and how they or their families are being affected. About a dozen students gathered on March 3 for the hybrid discussion, which was open to all students, regardless of […]
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‘Callous and risky’: Immunocompromised people brace for spring quarter as Armstrong lifts mask mandate
M.W. Kaplan dreads thinking about an in-person communications theory class they are enrolled in at Cal Poly next quarter. Kaplan, a communication studies junior, said they need to take the class to graduate — but with the university lifting the indoor mask mandate across campus starting in the spring, Kaplan is not comfortable going to […]